Olin Howland: Coroner Wilbur Strong
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Coroner Wilbur Strong : His end of telephone conversation in a restaurant: "Yes, this is the coroner... I will? Over my dead bodies... Well, I can't help you looked all afternoon, I'm at an important meeting of the International Committee for the Elimination of Starvation... All right, but I want you gentlemen to remember one statement, made in my official capacity: 'I'll be seein' ya.'"
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Perry Mason : Well, Wilbur, what is the latest error of my astute grand jury friends?
Coroner Wilbur Strong : Some geek by the name of Gregory Moxley.
Perry Mason : Sounds like a toothpaste!
Coroner Wilbur Strong : Was laid gently to rest 4 years ago at Meadowbrook Cemetery.
Perry Mason : Say, That's mighty nice country up there. You get a marvelous view of the mountains and ocean.
Coroner Wilbur Strong : Some lunatic thinks he saw Moxley on the street and the grand jury wants me to look in the coffin.
Perry Mason : Better look in the coffin, Wilbur. We'll finish our coffee at the morgue.
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Coroner Wilbur Strong : [to a morgue assistant] Get a can opener, son. We'll see whether this Moxley died of pneumonia or wild hair.
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Coroner Wilbur Strong : [to assistants as he is entering the morgue with Mason and Spudsy] Get three slabs ready - I'm bringing friends!
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Toots Howard : How do you figure it, toots?
Coroner Wilbur Strong : It looks to me like Perry was born with a lot of horseshoes.
Toots Howard : Yes, he always puts one in his glove when he swings a fast one at the D.A.
[laughter]
